छिद्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ছিদ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬙᬶᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ছিদ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰔𑰰𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀙𑀺𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဆိဒ် (Burmese script)
• છિદ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਛਿਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌛𑌿𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦖꦶꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂓𑂱𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಛಿದ್ (Kannada script)
• ឆិទ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຉິທ຺ (Lao script)
• ഛിദ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡮᡳᡩ (Manchu script)
• 𑘔𑘱𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠼᠢᢑ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦴𑧒𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐕𑐶𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଛିଦ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢘꢶꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆗𑆴𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖔𑖰𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ඡිද් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩢𑩑𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚐𑚮𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
• சி²த்³ (Tamil script)
• ఛిద్ (Telugu script)
• ฉิทฺ (Thai script)
• ཚི་ད྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒕𑒱𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨤𑨁𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- (“to split, divide”). Cognate with schism and shit.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰid/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰid̪/

Root

छिद् • (chid)

1. to cut off, amputate, cut through, hew, chop, split, pierce
2. to divide, separate from
3. to destroy, annihilate, efface, blot out
4. (mathematics) to divide
5. to be split or cut, break, to cut off
6. to cause to cut off or through

Derived terms

• छित्ति (chitti)
• छिद्यते (chidyate)
• छिद्र (chidra)
• छिनत्ति (chinatti)
• छेद (cheda)
• परिच्छिद् (paricchid)

 

Adjective

छिद् • (chid) stem

1. cutting, cutting off, cutting through, splitting, piercing
2. destroying, annihilating, removing

Noun

छिद् • (chid) stem, m

1. (mathematics) the divisor, denominator

Noun

छिद् • (chid) stem, f

1. the cutting off
2. annihilation

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “छिद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 406.